The Black-Eyed Stranger

The Black-Eyed Stranger is a 1951 mystery thriller novel by the American writer Charlotte Armstrong. It was first published in New York by Coward-McCann, an imprint of Putnam.Reilly p.43 Armstrong later identified it as one of her favorite books.Cypert p.144 Despite her hopes that it might be adapted into a film, as several of her earlier works had been, it was not ultimately optioned by Hollywood studios although Alfred Hitchcock had expressed interest in it along with her previous novel Mischief.Cypert p.76-77

Synopsis Crime reporter Sam Lynch discovers a plot to kidnap heiress Kay Salisbury. He takes matters into his own hands to try and prevent this.

References

Bibliography Cypert, Rick. The Virtue of Suspense: The Life and Works of Charlotte Armstrong. Associated University Press, 2008. Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.